Prehistory

Author: (French) éric Chevillard
Translator: Yu Zhongxian
Author Country: France
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Publish Date: 2002-04-01
Features: This book includes selections such as Prehistory (by éric Chevillard, translated by Yu Zhongxian), Alarm (by Yves Lavandier, translated by Zhao Yang), Picnic (by Christian Oster, translated by Zeng Xiaoyang), and Settlement (by éric L Laurent, translated by Cao Ya). Prehistory continues with him inventing writing. From then on, there was no turning back: humanity entered history. However, to think that everything began for him that morning is also wrong. Humanity had long been active on Earth. In terms of survival skills, he was no match for the neighboring animals—buffalo, wild horses, mammoths. Their calm confidence and practical senses left a strong impression on him, and he depicted them as the main subjects of his cave paintings—these eternal giant images have been around for two or three thousand years, so comparing them to modern oil paintings that dry out and become outdated before their time is inevitably amusing. The Palé cave opens into a long corridor richly decorated. People visit the cave. When it began to accept visitors, the narrator of this history was appointed as the site guide and guardian for the vacant position. However, he delayed taking the job, as some matters kept him occupied.
Alarm Mandak only has one day to reveal the force of gunpowder on the watchtower to the historians visiting the concentration camp, and his discovery’s scientific validity is thus established. Since he senses that his daughter is in danger due to the mysterious Karl, he also wonders whether he can count on his wife, who is at that moment agreeing to meet him for their date that evening. Many questions keep him on high alert. Should he leave the concentration camp to reunite with his daughter, or should he call the police?
Picnic On an ordinary day in the Sénar forest, Louis, with no enthusiasm, takes his five-year-old daughter Polina to meet some old friends for a picnic. He doesn’t see his friends, so he goes to find them. He gets lost, and worse, he can’t find his daughter. He searches, but in vain. Instead, he encounters a woman—a beautiful and charming woman. But when a man’s daughter has just disappeared, what can a beautiful woman possibly do for him?
Settlement For Arthur Klein, the summer started off well: he was driving an open-top race car in central Spain, Perelope’s hand reached under his shirt, and in the trunk of the car, a suitcase was stuffed with banknotes—yes, the summer started off nicely. The only problem was that the money was recently stolen from Cesar, and Perelope was also married to Cesar—Klein’s boss. Like all bosses, Cesar was not the type to share, and he was certainly going to want to reclaim what was his—both the woman and the money. So, while the summer started well for Klein, there were no signs that it would last. Moreover, now that he’s stopped the car to refuel, he should have realized that he never should have left a woman alone in a car with so much cash. Clearly, the outcome of this summer, in matters related to him, might turn out to be much worse than the beginning. Although there’s Solange.